Bottle-stopper.



' PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

A. E. MARDORF. BOTTLE STOP]? APPLIOATIQN FILED SEPT. 9

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'Be'it known-that. I, .ALExAiviiEa E. MAR DoRF, a I tiz en' of the United States, residing at' -Den rfiin thc "county-of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefuhlmprovements. in Bottle- Stoppers; and I do hereby declarc the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle closures, and has for an object to provide a closure adapted for use as a secondary or auxiliary closure for a bottle after the original closure has been moved.

The closure is des' 'ned for use'u on any ordinar form of bottle, but especia y those in whic effervescent and volatile substances are ordinarily contained, and affording a means for readily opening the said bottle when the contents are required and as readily closed, and has for a further object to pro-' vlde a closure readily operated by the hand in which the bottle is held so asnot to obstruct the ready use by one hand while the other hand holds a race tacle in which the contents are to be poure With these'and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel construc-' tions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed;

In the. drawings :'.Figure l is a view ofvthe improved closure in side elevation." Fig. 2 is a view of the improved" closure in diametrical vertical section showin a conventional bot tle neck in associationt erewith.

' Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts [throughout the several- VIEWS.

The closure forming the sub'ect-mattei' of' this application comprises a s ell or casing 10 of a s1ze sufficient tolbepassed over the neck of the bottle upon which it is to be'used and rovided' adjacent its lower end with an annu 'ar shoulder, 11 against which abuts an elastic gasket 12 which is maintained in con, tact with the said shoulder by means of an annular screw ring-.13- or 111 any approved manner. The. screw. ring 13' .1s provided withan o' 'en ing sufiicient in size to permit the insertion therethrough of a bottle neck as 14 upon which the" device is usedpand' the annular elastic ring 12 is also provided with a central opening sufficient in size'to permit the openin li iinish of the bottle neck to be force therethrough and to firmly and her-Y metically embrace the neck of the bottlebis- .low the finish;

- The/upper end of the shell 10 is provided with an opening- 15 through whichthe cone tents lot-the bottleis' tobe poured and with an arm or off-set 16 extending laterally therefrom and bent or curved as at 17 to-form an inclined portion extending upwardly over Within t e angl'e'formed by the arms 16 and 17 a spring or resilient member 18 is mounted in any approved manner as by being secured 'to" the arm 16 and to the said I cured 'in'any-approved manner as by a screw 20 inserted through the spring member 'l8j and-into the closure 19. 4 v

The arm 17 rovided with a slot or openingfZl within -w 'ch is pivoted a hopper 22- with the opposite end curved as at 2; to engage the upper side of the spring member 18 and to forcethe said s ring member and its associate closure 19 ownwardly intoengagement with the casing 10 and into the up er'o en endthereof as shown particular yin ig.- 1 in closed position;

It-will be understood that when the clo sure is in the position shown at 1, the

upper opening 15 is closed so thatthe contents of the bottle is conserved, while when the thumb button 23 is forced upwardly the resiliency of the spring 18 carries the closure 19 upwardly therewith and opens the'upper spring member 18 an elastic closure 19 is sehaving a thumb button or other means for manipulating at one end, as shown at 23 and end of the casing 10 as shown at Flg. 2 permittin the contents to be 'poured therethrough As soon as the contents of one bottle-has been removed the closure may be removed from such bottle and replaced'upon another l bottle from which the usual and ordinary cork or other closure has been previously removed; What l'claim is v 1. A bottle closure com means carried by the shellor engagingtlie neck of a bottle, a stopper adapted to; close the shell, means to maintain the stopper norai ris' a'shell mally in open position, and means fOlIfOlClIif' the stopper into engagement with the she 2. A bottle closure comprising a shell, an

elastic member earried'by the shell and fiprm portioned tofen'gage the neck-of a bot e,= a

spring carried stopper arranged to remain Shell, and-proportioned to engage the neck shell.

of a bottle, a stopper, and means to maintain thesaid stopper in a closed relation with the 4. A bottle closure comprising a shell olpen It each end, and having an annular shou der formed internally adjacent the ,lower end ofthe shell an elastic ring mounted within the shell and in engagement with the shoulder,

an annular ring in engagement with the 'arrn outstanding .end of"the shell', a, spring mounted upon the scopes lower end of the shell, and adapted to maintain the elastic ino erative position,-an atera ly: from the upper arm, an elastic sto per carried by the spring and adaptedto c ose the upperiend of the shell, and a lever ivoted upon the arm and adapted to forcet e stopper In testimony whereof I' aflix 'm'ylsignature in presence oftwo witnesses.

ALEXANDER E. MARDORF. Witnesses:

ISABEL M. STRONG, CARLE Wmmnmn.

into and maintain 1t in closed relation to the shell; 

